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Sam Hamill Quotes

I’m basically a poetry scholar, and I’m happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly, at Lincoln Center Picture Quote #1

The only thing we all agree on, virtually every poet in this country, is that this Administration is really frightening, and we want something done about it Picture Quote #1

I’m a poet who practices Zen. And it’s not, I’m somebody who practices Zen who writes poetry. There’s no separation for me Picture Quote #1

I think a lot of American poets are swimming-pool Soviets. A lot of them have taken the comfortable, self-protective route too often. I know that I certainly have. That’s easy to do Picture Quote #1

It would be nice if all the Republicans could put poetry in a little box and put the box under the bed and sit on it, but they can’t Picture Quote #1

Of course, there are some people who behave rudely. Allen Ginsberg used to like to get up in public and take his clothes off. I don’t do that, but I liked Allen Ginsberg. He was a nice guy Picture Quote #1

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Korea’s first Zen Master-poet wrote simple yet elegant poetry of the world he inhabited, both physically and spiritually, and of daily insights-a pause along the way for a deep clear breath, a moon-viewing moment, a seasonal note or a farewell poem to a departing monk. His poems speak softly and clearly, like hearing a temple bell that was struck a thousand years ago Picture Quote #1

What poetry does above all else is develop sensibility. And that’s what makes poetry so dangerous. That’s why poetry is so good at undermining governments and so bad at building them. There’s nothing harder to organize than a group of poets Picture Quote #1

Poetry teaches us things that cannot be learned in prose, such as certain kinds of irony or the importance of the unsaid. The most important element of any poem is the part that is left unsaid. So the poetry frames the experience that lies beyond naming Picture Quote #1

I’m basically a poetry scholar, and I’m happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly, at Lincoln Center Picture Quote #1

George W. Bush is using language that’s a mirror image of the language of Osama bin Laden when he says, We have God on our side. This is the struggle of good against evil Picture Quote #1

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I’m basically a poetry scholar, and I’m happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly, at Lincoln Center (Sam Hamill Quotes) The only thing we all agree on, virtually every poet in this country, is that this Administration is really frightening, and we want something done about it (Sam Hamill Quotes) I’m a poet who practices Zen. And it’s not, I’m somebody who practices Zen who writes poetry. There’s no separation for me (Sam Hamill Quotes) I think a lot of American poets are swimming-pool Soviets. A lot of them have taken the comfortable, self-protective route too often. I know that I certainly have. That’s easy to do (Sam Hamill Quotes) It would be nice if all the Republicans could put poetry in a little box and put the box under the bed and sit on it, but they can’t (Sam Hamill Quotes) Of course, there are some people who behave rudely. Allen Ginsberg used to like to get up in public and take his clothes off. I don’t do that, but I liked Allen Ginsberg. He was a nice guy (Sam Hamill Quotes) Korea’s first Zen Master-poet wrote simple yet elegant poetry of the world he inhabited, both physically and spiritually, and of daily insights-a pause along the way for a deep clear breath, a moon-viewing moment, a seasonal note or a farewell poem to a departing monk. His poems speak softly and clearly, like hearing a temple bell that was struck a thousand years ago (Sam Hamill Quotes) What poetry does above all else is develop sensibility. And that’s what makes poetry so dangerous. That’s why poetry is so good at undermining governments and so bad at building them. There’s nothing harder to organize than a group of poets (Sam Hamill Quotes) Poetry teaches us things that cannot be learned in prose, such as certain kinds of irony or the importance of the unsaid. The most important element of any poem is the part that is left unsaid. So the poetry frames the experience that lies beyond naming (Sam Hamill Quotes) I’m basically a poetry scholar, and I’m happier here in my studio with my row of Chinese dictionaries than I am, frankly, at Lincoln Center. (Sam Hamill Quotes) George W. Bush is using language that’s a mirror image of the language of Osama bin Laden when he says, We have God on our side. This is the struggle of good against evil. (Sam Hamill Quotes)